Only the immigrants can speak the Queen's English these days' but all kids have a Jamaican accent: overcompensation vs. urban slang in multiethnic London According to surveys carried out in the past two decades (M. Sebba 1993, P.L. Patrick 1999, Sue Fox 2005) the urban slang spoken in...
AlthoughEnglish is the official language of Jamaica, the majority of the population speak Jamaican Patois. This is a creole language (See the lesson on creole on this web site) made up of an English superstrate and African substrate. Why is reggae music popular? Reggae music is one of the ...
Because the way they speak, it has African intonation to it. It has similar flow and similar approach. On that note, we can already relate to the Jamaican culture. Africans relate to the Jamaican sound not only because Jamaica brought about the sound, but these are also Africans from the ...
The only upbeat part here was talking to a nurse with the surname ‘Wisdom’. She had a Jamaican/West Indies accent, and just had one of those personalities you can’t help but be endeared by. I told her I wasn’t getting to keep the finger. She told me how sorry she was. I to...
Before the digital age, Texans would have what Hinrichs described as a continuum of an accent that merely ranged from formal to informal. They might try and speak standard English in church, but elsewhere they would speak in their normal accent or dialect. These days, the switch can occur mi...
HOW I WRITE – PART III –“Finding” Time I had a gynecologic checkup this week, and while chatting with the doctor—whom I’ve known forever (her office was across the street from an independent bookstore, back when OUTLANDER was released, and when sh
‘Papa, I’m really not worried about them, I’m worried about you sniping me down, because I was the driver.’” (Speaking in a thick Sicilian accent, Colombo’s mother denied the family were in the Mafia but confirmed they are related to the late Joseph Colombo, former boss of the...
English is the official language of the island nation of Jamaica. However, in addition to English, many Jamaicans also speak Jamaican Patois or Creole as an informal way of communicating. This language has its own rules of pronunciation...